Exhibit 10.9 


 


Execution Version


 







AMENDMENT
NO. 1, dated as of August 7, 2018 (this “Amendment”), among PLY GEM MIDCO, INC. (formerly known as
Pisces Midco, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Borrower”), the Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto (collectively
with the Parent Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders party hereto and UBS AG, STAMFORD
BRANCH (“UBS”), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.


 


WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower, the Canadian
Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the U.S. Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, UBS, as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and as an Issuing Lender, the Lenders and other Issuing Lenders from time to time party
thereto, are parties to that certain ABL Credit Agreement dated as of April 12, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”); and


 


WHEREAS, effective as of the First Amendment
Effective Date (as defined below) and pursuant to Section 11.1(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers, the Supermajority Lenders,
the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement (as so amended, the “Amended
Credit Agreement”) as set forth in Section 1 hereto.


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:


 


Section 1.          Amendment
of the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined below),
hereby amended as follows:


 


(a)          Subsection
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending the definition of “Eligible Accounts” as follows:


 


(i)          to
amend the second sentence thereof by inserting “(subject to the last sentence of this definition of “Eligible
Accounts”)” after the reference to “customer deposits” therein; and


 


(ii)         to
insert the following sentence at the end thereof:


 


“Notwithstanding the foregoing,
on and following the Panther Closing Date, to the extent that an Account Debtor has a net credit balance with a Qualified Loan
Party (including, for the avoidance of doubt, if the amount of customer deposits of an Account Debtor with a Qualified Loan Party
exceeds the amount of Eligible Accounts of such Account Debtor with such Qualified Loan Party), such net credit balance shall increase
the amount of Eligible Accounts of such Qualified Loan Party, so long as (i) such net credit balance is comprised of a cash
customer deposit or a cash customer credit that does not otherwise constitute an Eligible Account and (ii) the cash comprising
such net credit balance would constitute Specified Unrestricted Cash and is subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien
in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the relevant Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein).”


 




    		 	 



     


    

 


(b)          Subsection
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Letter of Credit Sublimit”
as follows:


 


““Letter
of Credit Sublimit”: (x) prior to the Panther Closing Date, the Dollar Equivalent of $75,000,000, and (y)
on and following the Panther Closing Date, the Dollar Equivalent of $105,000,000.”


 


(c)          Subsection
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order:


 


““Neptune”:
NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.


 


“Panther Commitment Letter”:
the Commitment Letter, dated as of July 17, 2018, among the Parent Borrower, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Credit Suisse
Loan Funding LLC and Royal Bank of Canada, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.


 


“Panther Closing Date”:
the date upon which (i) the merger of Topco, directly or indirectly, with Neptune shall have been consummated on the terms
set forth in the Panther Merger Agreement and (ii) the Panther Incremental ABL Commitments shall have become effective and
the Incremental Term Loan Facility (as defined in the Panther Commitment Letter) shall have funded in accordance with the terms
of the Panther Commitment Letter; provided that if such date has not occurred on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined
in the Panther Commitment Letter), the Panther Closing Date shall be deemed never to occur for all purposes of the Loan Documents.


 


“Panther Incremental
ABL Commitments”: Supplemental Commitments to be added to the U.S. Facility Commitments in an aggregate amount of up
to $215,000,000 effected on the Panther Closing Date.


 


“Panther Merger Agreement”:
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 17, 2018, among Topco, Neptune and, solely for purposes of certain sections
thereunder, CD&R, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.”


 


(d)          Subsection
3.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch” after
the reference to “Barclays Bank PLC” therein.


 


Section 2.          Interpretation.
For purposes of this Amendment, all terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein, including but not limited to those
terms used in the recitals hereto, shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Amended Credit Agreement.


 




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Section 3.          Effectiveness.


 


(a)          Section
1 of this Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “First Amendment Effective Date”)
that the Administrative Agent shall have received executed signature pages hereto from the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent,
the Supermajority Lenders and the Issuing Lenders.


 


(b)          The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders in writing when the First Amendment Effective Date has occurred.


 


Section 4.          Representations
and Warranties. After giving effect to the First Amendment Effective Date, each of the representations and warranties made
by any Loan Party pursuant to the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document to which it is a party shall, except to the extent
that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the First Amendment Effective
Date as if made on and as of such date.


 


Section 5.          Fees
and Expenses. The U.S. Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement for all of its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
in connection with this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of Cahill,
Gordon & Reindel LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not of counsel to any other
Lender).


 


Section 6.          Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or any other electronic
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.


 


Section 7.          Applicable
Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICT
OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT SUCH PRINCIPLES OR RULES ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION
OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.


 


Section 8.          Headings.
The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.


 




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Section
9.          Effect of Amendment. This Amendment shall constitute
a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the First Amendment Effective Date, all references to the
Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,”
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer
to the Amended Credit Agreement, except for (i) the representations and warranties made by the Borrowers and the Loan Parties
prior to the First Amendment Effective Date (which representations and warranties made prior to the First Amendment Effective Date
shall not be superseded or rendered ineffective by this Amendment as they pertain to the period prior to the First Amendment Effective
Date) and (ii) any action or omission performed or required to be performed pursuant to the Credit Agreement prior to the
First Amendment Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, any certificate or other document the form of which is set out in any
exhibit attached to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document may be revised, as applicable, to refer to the Amended Credit
Agreement. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.


 


	 	PLY GEM MIDCO, INC.,
	 	as Parent Borrower
	 	 
	 	By:	
        /s/ Shawn
        K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


 








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	 	PLY GEM INDUSTRIES, INC.,
	 	as a U.S. Subsidiary Borrower
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Shawn
        K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title: 	Executive Vice President, Chief 
	 	 	 	Financial Officer and Secretary


 





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	 	ATRIUM WINDOWS AND DOORS, INC.,
	 	as a U.S. Subsidiary Borrower
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Shawn
        K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title: 	Chief Financial Officer


 


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	 	GIENOW CANADA INC.,
	 	as a Canadian Borrower
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Shawn
        K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title:	Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer


 


	 	MITTEN INC.,
	 	as a Canadian Borrower
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Shawn
        K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title:	Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer


 


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	 	NORTH STAR
    MANUFACTURING (LONDON) LTD.,
	 	as a Canadian
    Borrower
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
        Shawn K. Poe

	 	 	Name:	Shawn K. Poe
	 	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


 


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	 	UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
	 	as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, a
	 	Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Darlene
        Arias

	 	 	Name: 	Darlene Arias
	 	 	Title:	Director


 


	 	By: 	/s/ Kenneth
    Chin
	 	 	Name:	Kenneth Chin
	 	 	Title:	Director


 


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	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Peter
        S. Predun

	 	 	Name:	Peter S. Predun
	 	 	Title:	Executive Director


 


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	 	DEUTSCHE
    BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
        Marguerite Sutton

	 	 	Name:	Marguerite Sutton
	 	 	Title:	Vice President


 


	 	By: 	
        /s/ Alicia
        Schug

	 	 	Name:	Alicia Schug
	 	 	Title:	Vice President


 


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	 	Barclays bank plc,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Joseph
        Jordan

	 	 	Name: 	Joseph Jordan
	 	 	Title:	Managing Director


 


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	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Sherry
        Lail

	 	 	Name: 	Sherry Lail
	 	 	Title:   	Senior Vice President


 








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	 	BANK OF
    AMERICA, N.A. (acting through its Canada Branch),
	 	as a Lender
    and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/
        Sylwia Durkiewicz

	 	 	Name: 	Sylwia Durkiewicz
	 	 	Title:	Vice President


 


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	 	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ Jamie Minieri
	 	 	Name: 	Jamie Minieri
	 	 	Title:	Authorized Signatory


 


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	 	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Daniel
        Gioia

	 	 	Name: 	Daniel Gioia
	 	 	Title: 	Authorized Signatory


 


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	 	Crédit Agricole Corporate and
	 	Investment Bank,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	
        /s/ Gary
        Herzog

	 	 	Name: 	Gary Herzog
	 	 	Title:	Managing Director


 


	 	By: 	/s/ Authorized
    Signatory
	 	 	Name: 	Authorized Signatory
	 	 	Title: 	Managing Director


 


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	 	JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ J.
        Paul McDonnell

	 	 	Name: 	J. Paul McDonnell
	 	 	Title: 	Managing Director


 


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	 	MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Paul
        Angland

	 	 	Name: 	Paul Angland
	 	 	Title:	Director


 


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	 	NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ David
        Lynch

	 	 	Name: 	David Lynch
	 	 	Title:	Managing Director


 


	 	By: 	
        /s/ Robin
        Gruner

	 	 	Name: 	Robin Gruner
	 	 	Title: 	Vice President


 


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	 	Société Générale,




	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Pranav
        Chandra

	 	 	Name: 	Pranav Chandra
	 	 	Title:	Managing Director


 


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	 	U.S. Bank national association,
	 	as a Lender and as an Issuing Lender
	 	 
	 	By: 	
        /s/ Lisa
        Freeman

	 	 	Name:	Lisa Freeman
	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President


 


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